Railroad-rail joint.



RATER-TRD IUNR A, 1907.

s. A. NRUHARD. RAILROAD RAIL JOINT. APPLIATIVON FILED FEB.16. 1907.

WHLVALWES To aLZZ whom it may coriLcer/zn'I l ments in a rail joint by means of which the narran eraf-ras PATENT oF-ICE.

'^ A.' NEUHARD, OF MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-.- T HJRD TO J. CALDWELL AND ON E-THIRD TO HARRY W. CH.AM-'

BERLIN BOTH OF MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

' RAILROAD-BML JOINT.

,Be it known that L, SAMUEL A. NEUHARD,

and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Railroad-Rail Joint, of which the following is a s eciication.

This invention re ates to certain improveabutting ends of railway rails can be so joined as to produce a substantially continuous tread, yet' leaving sufficient space ,between the end for expansion. accomplished by matching the ends of each rail so that when two rails are brought together end to en d, their ends will overlap and interlock in such a way that an approximated continuous rail is rovided having all the strength Vand weiglit supporting tions necessary to uphold passing trains with out yielding under the strain.-

-.To clearly illustrate the invention and more clearly elucidate'the following description and appended claims, attention is called to the' accompanying drawings,v which Figure 1 is-a perspective view of the approximate Vends of two rails separated, provided with the joint. Fig. 2 is a plan View of two rails joined.n Fig. 3 is a side elevationV on areduced scale of two separate rails viewed from' the side opposite that shown in' Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view on the line 4 4. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on ,the line 5 5. l

Like characters of reference indicate corres ending parts throughout the drawings.

he numerals 1 and 2 indicate the adjoin-f ing ends of two rails, 3, L1the fish plates on either side and 5 the bolts for joining the rails and ish plates, the latter and the bolts being of the usual construction.

. In applying this -invention to rails of well 'known section in which each has a head o, .web 7 and base 8,one end of each rail 1's 'sha ed as at A, shown on the end of rail 1,

- Whi e the other end of the rail isfashioned pas at B on the end of rail'2.

Referring first to the-shape of the rail end at A, it is to be notedthat one halfof said end (here shownon the right side) has been removed by a central vertical cut extending back from the end a suitabledistance to a point-say 9 wherefit is met by a transverse These objects arey qualicapatented June 4, 1907.-

out, leaving two vertical faces l10 and 11 on the rail endat a right angle to eachother." 55 1 The' outer edge of thebase ilanges 12, on the,

same side, is also cut away for a short diswidth of flange 14 equal t the'overh'an g 'of the rail head 6. -A portion ofthe p ase flange 15 on the opposite side of the rail is tance back of the face 1l toa oint say 13,

also removed, but 1n this'case thatpa'rt cut n away extends from` the end of the rail to a cut 13u in line with the cut 13 leavinga narrowffiange 16, the combined width of the two narrow flanges 14 and lbeing Substan- 'tially the same as the width of. the head 6',

this width, however,. may -lee-lncreased lor diminished as circumstances demand. Av portionof the base 8 extending from the end of the rail back to the points 13,- 13 isun derout'leaving a shoulder 17"{01 a to be explained hereinafter. i

The end B on the opposite end of each rail is treated in a different manner from the end Perros@ A. Heregthe vertical central cut extends through the head and web 7 but only a for a lstance back from the end of the rail equal to the distance from the shoulder 17a to theend A of the rail. One? half of the' dismall portion of the upper part of the base 8 vided end is removed insuch a manner 'as to leave a' channel 18 of a width equal to and on thesame side of the rail as the n rrow langef 16.' The remaining half 190i t e end B is left with vertical faces 2() and 21 similar to' and corresponding both in size 'and sha 'e t0 the respective faces 10 and 11 on the rai "end A. The section 19 of the end B v is cut back from the end s'uliciently :to admit that por` tion of the end 'A between the vertical face 11 to receive tlienarrow flange 14,

cross tie with the end A of all the railspoint-v ing in the samer'direction.. Asv they .are

brought together end to end, the end A-of.

and the point 13, and the' channel 18 widened railil will be placed on the ehd B 'of rail 2 the f narrow flange 16 resting in the..channel V181 The loose rail bein then moved endwlise, the aceslO. and 20 o the reduced portlons 19 and 19 will be brought into contact and the ends of said reduccd-"portions seatfthemselves ainstv the respective faces 9 and 21. The u ercut portion 17 will slide lon the bottom of the channel 18 as will also the narrow i flange 14. The ends being now in position they are securelyl fastened by the fish plates and bolts in the usual mennen The opera.- tion of uniting the ends ol' the rails may be varied if desired, for instance the rail end B maybe slid underl the end A, or the rail l may be lifted bodily and the end A placed in the seat in end l.

l. ln :t railway rail joint, the combination of two mils each having ny lateral lia-ll of its heed and wel) and the l' aselliinge ol one rail at their sidjoininor ends removed to permit said ends to overisp, the base flange at the end ol' one of seid rails being channeled to admit the reduced flange on the end of the other rail. 4

2. In n railway mil joint the eonibinntion of two mils each having e latersl hell of its head and web sind the hose flange oi one mil at their adjoining ends removed. to permit said ends overlap and iii'. against ezt-ch esi-2,725

other, the rnil which has one hall its base flange removed having also a portion of the bottoni end edge of the remaining half of the flange ont away to lit n channel formed in the hase flange ofthe other rail.

3, ln e railway rail joint, the combination of two mils each having a lateral half of its head sind. web at their adjoining ends removed, the bese llange of one rail projecting` beyond the end of the head and web and elnmneled, the hase flange of the other mil being ont mira-y' on one side, and pzirllyjremoved on the other side and bottom to adept it to it the channel in the first mentioned rail.

In testimony that I Gleim the foregoingr as my own, l have hereto eiixed my signature' in, the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL A. N EUI IARD,

Witnesses:

A. E. SLooUM, FRANCES HAFER. 

